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Future Role of Anaerobic Digestion in Municipal Waste Management

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This chapter reviews recent developments in the technology of anaerobic digestion, applied to municipal solid waste and (waste water) sludge management. It deals with the scientific, technical and current commercial issues facing the technology to point to its future role, towards sustainable management of urban waste.

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  1. AEA Technology, National Environmental Technology Centre (NETCEN), 353 Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK

    Prabodh B. Mistry

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  1. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli - 791 109 (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh, India

    K. B. Misra (Director) (Director)

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Mistry, P.B. (1996). Future Role of Anaerobic Digestion in Municipal Waste Management. In: Misra, K.B. (eds) Clean Production. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79940-2_14

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